2 confirmed to Parole Board

The Governor’s Council voted March 6 to appoint Boston attorney Tonomey A. Coleman and reappoint Lucy Soto-Abbe to the state Parole Board.
Both nominees had faced criticism about whether their professional backgrounds would affect their decisions to release prisoners.
Soto-Abbe, a victim witness advocate, was re-nominated by Gov. Deval L. Patrick for a full term ending in ...